1124 Flashcards
What was the government of the US from 1775 to 1781, and the constitution it adopted was called the articles of confederation?
The second Continental Congress
Under the articles of confederation which citizens did the central government have no direct authority over
The citizens of the STATES
What was the chief agency of government under the articles?
The CONGRESS
What was the most serious defect of the articles?
The AMENDMENT required unanimous concurrence of the states.
What did the land ordinance of 1785 written by Thomas Jefferson state?
The land in the NORTHWEST be sold for revenue to pay off the national debt.
What form the basis of America’s colonial policy?
The Northwest ordinance.
What kind of government did Alexander Hamilton advocate?
Aristocratic
What is James Madison known as?
The father of the CONSTITUTION
What are the three branches of the new government?
Judicial
What did the large state support as a basis for national government?
The Virginia resolutions
What is another name for the Connecticut compromise and was the foundation for forming a bicameral legislature consisting of the house of representatives and the Senate?
The great compromise
What is a government in which the citizens elect representatives who are charged with responsibility of administration in accordance with the requirement of the law rather than of men?
A republic
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
What does the federal union provide between national and state government’s?
A division
What are the powers listed in article 1 section 8 of the Constitution?
The delegated
What are the powers necessary and proper for Congress to carry out its delegated powers represent a broad area of authority known as?
Implied
What are the powers not delegated to converse and or denied to the states called?
The reserved
What powers are powers exercise by both the national and state government
The concurrent
What did Hamilton Madison and Jay author?
The Federalist papers
What was George Washington unanimously elected to in 1789?
The president
Who oppose the formation of political parties in the United States?
George Washington
The American two party system was a result of between what two men?
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
Who was elected the first vice president of the United States?
John Adams
Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of war
Henry Knox
Attorney General
Edmund Randolph
Who made the proposals for solving the problem of the public credit defunding national debt at par and assumption of all stay war debts?
Alexander Hamilton
What party was basically pro-French
The Federalist party
What potty represented the commercial and professional class?
The Federalist party
What party wanted a strong national government?
The Federalist party
What federalist was elected president of the United States in 1996?
John Adams
What river did Westerners want free navigation?
The Mississippi River
The blank of thousands and France was called the reign of terror
The execution
In 1994 who was sent to England to negotiate a settlement of disputes?
John jay
Between 1797 and 1800 the United States bought an undeclared war with who
France
What act allowed the president during the peacetime to in prison or the port dangerous aliens?
The ALIENS act
What actor loud the president during wartime to in prison for deport aliens considered a threat?
The aliens enemies act
What act made criticism of the government and president a crime?
Sedition
In response to the alien and sedition act what two people secretly drafted the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
What writings and friends Thomas Jefferson’s political thinking?
John Locke
Who was a dictator France one Jefferson became president?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Jefferson never really believed that the purchase of the Louisiana was?
Constitutional
Who did Aaron Burr killed in a duel?
Alexander Hamilton
What was the single most important religious event in American history?
The Great awakening
What did the naturalization act due to the residence requirement for citizenship?
It extended it
